ROSS STORES, INC.

‌2025‌ ‌Annual Meeting‌

Vote by ‌May 20, 2025‌

ROSS STORES, INC.

Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be Held on May 21, 2025

To Our Stockholders:

Please take notice that the 2025 Ross Stores, Inc. Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) will be held virtually on Wednesday, May 21, 2025 at 1:30 p.m. PDT. You can attend the Annual Meeting by visiting www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/ROST2025, where you will be able to listen to the meeting live, vote your shares online, and submit questions. The Annual Meeting will be held for the following purposes:

1. To elect 11 directors, to serve for a one-year term.

2. To hold an advisory vote to approve the Company’s executive compensation program.

3. To ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP (“Deloitte”) as the Company’s independent registered

public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending January 31, 2026.

4. To transact such other business as may properly come before the Annual Meeting or any adjournments or postponements thereof.